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- 09-12-2003, 07:20 PM #1Trent©Guest
I'm goin' to Jamaica in a couple of weeks.
Does anybody know if a Sprint phone can be used there...interested in
voice only...and what the roaming rate might be.
I called customer support.
She said, 'No...the phone can't be used there. But if it DOES work,
the rate will be very expensive'. lol
Go figure!!
Hope ya'll have a nice weekend...
Trent
Proud member of the Roy Rogers fan club!
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- 09-13-2003, 06:19 AM #2Bob SmithGuest
Re: Jamaica
"Trent©" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm goin' to Jamaica in a couple of weeks.
>
> Does anybody know if a Sprint phone can be used there...interested in
> voice only...and what the roaming rate might be.
>
> I called customer support.
>
> She said, 'No...the phone can't be used there. But if it DOES work,
> the rate will be very expensive'. lol
>
> Go figure!!
>
>
> Hope ya'll have a nice weekend...
>
> Trent
You didn't say which phone you have, and in looking over cdg.org, the only
CDMA frequency offered there is 800MHZ. So, if you can roam on that, or on
800 Analog, it will cost you a bunch in roaming fees.
Bob::Hoping you stay clear of any hurricanes ... ::
- 09-13-2003, 02:44 PM #3SprintposterGuest
Re: Jamaica
> it will cost you a bunch in roaming fees.
Like $4 /minute ?
- 09-13-2003, 04:28 PM #4Trent©Guest
Re: Jamaica
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 12:19:37 GMT, "Bob Smith"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Trent©" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I'm goin' to Jamaica in a couple of weeks.
>>
>> Does anybody know if a Sprint phone can be used there...interested in
>> voice only...and what the roaming rate might be.
>>
>> I called customer support.
>>
>> She said, 'No...the phone can't be used there. But if it DOES work,
>> the rate will be very expensive'. lol
>>
>> Go figure!!
>>
>>
>> Hope ya'll have a nice weekend...
>>
>> Trent
>
>You didn't say which phone you have, and in looking over cdg.org, the only
>CDMA frequency offered there is 800MHZ. So, if you can roam on that, or on
>800 Analog, it will cost you a bunch in roaming fees.
Sorry, Bob...its a 4900.
>Bob::Hoping you stay clear of any hurricanes ... ::
>
I've been watching...looks okay so far.
They don't get too many each season. The other islands pretty much
block them. And I'll be on the west coast...Negril.
Hope ya'll have a nice weekend...
Trent
Proud member of the Roy Rogers fan club!
- 09-14-2003, 08:21 AM #5Brad WilletGuest
Re: Jamaica
Trent,
I just came back from Negril last week, and neither my Verizon phone nor
my Sprint phone would work at the airport or at the resort in Negril.
But do you really want to be talking to anyone when you are out there?
I didn't miss it all that much.
We went to Couples Negril - absolutely beautiful.
Have fun,
Brad
Trent© <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> I'm goin' to Jamaica in a couple of weeks.
>
> Does anybody know if a Sprint phone can be used there...interested in
> voice only...and what the roaming rate might be.
>
> I called customer support.
>
> She said, 'No...the phone can't be used there. But if it DOES work,
> the rate will be very expensive'. lol
>
> Go figure!!
>
>
> Hope ya'll have a nice weekend...
>
> Trent
>
>
> Proud member of the Roy Rogers fan club!
>
>
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- 09-14-2003, 11:05 AM #6mcdgiGuest
Re: Jamaica
Last time I went to Kingston on business, I reserached this a little. Your
best bet was either a TDMA network like Cable and Wirelss or GSM under, I
think they were called Digicell. I took my ATT&T TDMA phone down there and
it worked quite well. I was expecting to be horrified at the bill, but I
think my calls were running about $1 a minute. The sprint phone on CDMA is
not likely to work
"Trent©" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm goin' to Jamaica in a couple of weeks.
>
> Does anybody know if a Sprint phone can be used there...interested in
> voice only...and what the roaming rate might be.
>
> I called customer support.
>
> She said, 'No...the phone can't be used there. But if it DOES work,
> the rate will be very expensive'. lol
>
> Go figure!!
>
>
> Hope ya'll have a nice weekend...
>
> Trent
>
>
> Proud member of the Roy Rogers fan club!
>
>
- 09-14-2003, 12:40 PM #7P RealityGuest
Re: Jamaica
In article <[email protected]>,
"mcdgi" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Last time I went to Kingston on business, I reserached this a little. Your
> best bet was either a TDMA network like Cable and Wirelss or GSM under, I
> think they were called Digicell. I took my ATT&T TDMA phone down there and
> it worked quite well. I was expecting to be horrified at the bill, but I
> think my calls were running about $1 a minute. The sprint phone on CDMA is
> not likely to work
I took my Sprint cell phone on a Caribbean cruise last year, and after
Key West, it didn't work anywhere, not Cozumel, not Caymens, not Aruba.
- 09-14-2003, 02:43 PM #8Trent©Guest
Re: Jamaica
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 14:21:19 -0000, [email protected] (Brad
Willet) wrote:
>Trent,
>
>I just came back from Negril last week, and neither my Verizon phone nor
>my Sprint phone would work at the airport or at the resort in Negril.
>But do you really want to be talking to anyone when you are out there?
>I didn't miss it all that much.
>
>We went to Couples Negril - absolutely beautiful.
>
>Have fun,
>Brad
>
We're goin' to Beaches Negril, Brad...all inclusive...for a week. How
was the bus trip?...take about an hour?
I only wanted to make 2 calls...
1. 'Hi...we made it safely.'
2. 'Hi...we're leaving now.'
Did you happen to see any public computers down there?...to send a
quick email.
Thanks to everyone for the replies.
Hope ya'll had a nice weekend...
Trent
Proud member of the Roy Rogers fan club!
- 09-14-2003, 05:15 PM #9SprintPCS TechGuest
Re: Jamaica
[email protected] (Sprintposter) wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> > it will cost you a bunch in roaming fees.
>
> Like $4 /minute ?
I was charged roughly $2.50 per minute when I called from Bermuda a few
years ago.
$1.50 for international long distance, and $1.00 for international
roaming. (numbers might be a few cents off).
I didn't get ot test it in Panama, Costa Rica, or Belize earlier this
year (I wish I did, though)...
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- 09-14-2003, 06:01 PM #10P RealityGuest
Re: Jamaica
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (SprintPCS Tech) wrote:
>
>
> [email protected] (Sprintposter) wrote in article
> <[email protected]>:
> > > it will cost you a bunch in roaming fees.
> >
> > Like $4 /minute ?
>
> I was charged roughly $2.50 per minute when I called from Bermuda a few
> years ago.
>
> $1.50 for international long distance, and $1.00 for international
> roaming. (numbers might be a few cents off).
>
> I didn't get ot test it in Panama, Costa Rica, or Belize earlier this
> year (I wish I did, though)...
isn't that a major assumption, that maybe you could roam there/ they
might be GSM only, in which no standard stateside SprintPCS p[hone would
work, which is what I found in Cozumel, Aruba etc..
- 09-14-2003, 06:13 PM #11SprintPCS TechGuest
Re: Jamaica
P Reality <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> > I was charged roughly $2.50 per minute when I called from Bermuda a few
> > years ago.
> >
> > $1.50 for international long distance, and $1.00 for international
> > roaming. (numbers might be a few cents off).
> >
> > I didn't get ot test it in Panama, Costa Rica, or Belize earlier this
> > year (I wish I did, though)...
>
>
>
> isn't that a major assumption, that maybe you could roam there/ they
> might be GSM only, in which no standard stateside SprintPCS p[hone would
> work, which is what I found in Cozumel, Aruba etc..
Where is the assumption? I showed what I got charged while in Bermude,
and also stated I didn't get to test it in 3 other countries, and that I
wish I did get to test it while I was there.
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- 09-15-2003, 07:21 AM #12Bob SmithGuest
Re: Jamaica
"P Reality" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "mcdgi" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Last time I went to Kingston on business, I reserached this a
little. Your
> > best bet was either a TDMA network like Cable and Wirelss or GSM
under, I
> > think they were called Digicell. I took my ATT&T TDMA phone down
there and
> > it worked quite well. I was expecting to be horrified at the
bill, but I
> > think my calls were running about $1 a minute. The sprint phone
on CDMA is
> > not likely to work
>
>
> I took my Sprint cell phone on a Caribbean cruise last year, and
after
> Key West, it didn't work anywhere, not Cozumel, not Caymens, not
Aruba.
My SPCS phone did work in the Caymans. Strictly analog calling, but it
did work. $1 per min. for local calls.
Bob
- 09-15-2003, 08:03 AM #13P RealityGuest
Re: Jamaica
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (SprintPCS Tech) wrote:
>
>
> P Reality <[email protected]> wrote in article
> <[email protected]>:
> > > I was charged roughly $2.50 per minute when I called from Bermuda a few
> > > years ago.
> > >
> > > $1.50 for international long distance, and $1.00 for international
> > > roaming. (numbers might be a few cents off).
> > >
> > > I didn't get ot test it in Panama, Costa Rica, or Belize earlier this
> > > year (I wish I did, though)...
> >
> >
> >
> > isn't that a major assumption, that maybe you could roam there/ they
> > might be GSM only, in which no standard stateside SprintPCS p[hone would
> > work, which is what I found in Cozumel, Aruba etc..
>
> Where is the assumption? I showed what I got charged while in Bermude,
> and also stated I didn't get to test it in 3 other countries, and that I
> wish I did get to test it while I was there.
Sprint employees due a MAJOR disservice if they tell people to try and
use their SprintPCS phone over seas. GSM is the standard in most of the
rest of the world, and SprintPCS phones flat won't work, and in the few
cases they do, its a major roaming charge (multiple dollars per minute).
- 09-15-2003, 06:57 PM #14Brad WilletGuest
Re: Jamaica
Trent,
Our resort had one public computer with web access. Had to wait 10
minutes or so to get on, but worth it. I'd check with the resort to see
if they have one - it wasn't advertised for Couples but they did have
one.
The bus ride is more like 90 minutes (Beaches is very close to Couples),
and bring a video camera! I thought they drove crazy in Atlanta!
You'll trip out when driving through the little densely populated towns
and you think you're going to get in a head-on collision every 20
seconds. They pass (bus drivers included) whenever they want to,
regardless of whether they should But at least they are polite about
it (they just wave instead of yelling and road-raging).
Oh yeah, and check your luggage very thoroughly right before you head to
the airport to leave Jamaica. A couple we buddied up with found a small
bag of coke stuffed deep into their luggage. The police said it was
probably someone at the airport who was afraid the cops were on their
trail so they stashed it with the Americans in hopes of retrieving it
later. "No problem mon, happens all de time" is what he was told....
To stay on topic, Sprint never worked for me, but I heard someone
mention that Cingular did. Didn't verify that though.
Have a Red Stripe for me!
> We're goin' to Beaches Negril, Brad...all inclusive...for a week. How
> was the bus trip?...take about an hour?
>
> I only wanted to make 2 calls...
>
> 1. 'Hi...we made it safely.'
>
> 2. 'Hi...we're leaving now.'
>
> Did you happen to see any public computers down there?...to send a
> quick email.
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- 09-15-2003, 06:59 PM #15Brad WilletGuest
Re: Jamaica
Now that I think about it, I did have my Sprint phone locked into
SprintPCS only mode. Never tried analog on the Sprint phone... Just a
thought.
"Bob Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
>
> "P Reality" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news[email protected]...
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "mcdgi" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Last time I went to Kingston on business, I reserached this a
> little. Your
> > > best bet was either a TDMA network like Cable and Wirelss or GSM
> under, I
> > > think they were called Digicell. I took my ATT&T TDMA phone down
> there and
> > > it worked quite well. I was expecting to be horrified at the
> bill, but I
> > > think my calls were running about $1 a minute. The sprint phone
> on CDMA is
> > > not likely to work
> >
> >
> > I took my Sprint cell phone on a Caribbean cruise last year, and
> after
> > Key West, it didn't work anywhere, not Cozumel, not Caymens, not
> Aruba.
>
> My SPCS phone did work in the Caymans. Strictly analog calling, but it
> did work. $1 per min. for local calls.
>
> Bob
>
>
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